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Poland still backs Lithuania nuclear plan, with conditions: PM

Warsaw (AFP) Jan 14, 2009 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday reaffirmed Warsaw's backing for a four-nation nuclear power plant project in Lithuania, but said his country must get a major share of the output.

Jan 14, 2009

German groups join forces in British nuclear sector

Berlin (AFP) Jan 14, 2009 - German energy giants RWE and EON said Wednesday they had joined forces to build and develop new nuclear power stations in Britain.

Jan 14, 2009

Finnish Fennovoima seeks permit to build new nuclear reactor

Helsinki (AFP) Jan 14, 2009 - Finnish utility group Fennovoima submitted Wednesday an application to the government to build a new nuclear reactor in Finland, the ministry of employment and the economy said.

Jan 14, 2009

Slovakia postpones nuclear reactor restart: PM

Bratislava (AFP) Jan 13, 2009 - The Slovak government has postponed its decision to reactivate a Soviet-era nuclear reactor that was recently shut down for security reasons, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.

Jan 13, 2009

Poland plans first nuclear plant, LNG terminal as gas crisis bites

Warsaw (AFP) Jan 13, 2009 - Poland said Tuesday its top priority was to ensure its energy security through broad diversification of sources, turning to nuclear power as a row between Russia and Ukraine halted gas supply to Europe.

Jan 13, 2009

Slovakia tests EU’s patience with nuclear plant relaunch plan

Bratislava (AFP) Jan 12, 2009 - Slovakia is keeping the European Union on tenterhooks with its plan to reactivate an outdated nuclear reactor in a bid to avert an energy crisis after gas pipelines from Russia dried up.

Jan 12, 2009

German govt. rows over nuclear revival

Berlin (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 - The German government is bickering over how many nuclear power plants it should save from closure.

Jan 12, 2009

Slovaks show ‘readiness’ with nuke power relaunch: Czech PM

Prague (AFP) Jan 11, 2009 - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Sunday Slovakia's decision to relaunch an ageing Soviet-era nuclear reactor showed a quick response to the gas crisis.

Jan 11, 2009

Bratislava restarts nuclear reactor to avoid blackout

Bratislava (AFP) Jan 11, 2009 - The Slovak government has decided to relaunch a nuclear reactor shut down for security reasons, violating a pledge to Brussels, in a bid to avoid a possible blackout as the gas crisis lasts.

Jan 11, 2009

Philippines revisits nuclear energy option at ‘white elephant’ plant

Morong, The Philippines (AFP) Jan 8, 2009 - The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman president Ferdinand Marcos.

Jan 8, 2009

Slovakia says it might reopen nuclear plant if gas freeze lasts

Bratislava (AFP) Jan 7, 2009 - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that Slovakia might reopen a power generating unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant if a freeze of gas supplies from Russia continued.

Jan 7, 2009

Niger picks France’s Areva to operate giant uranium mine: company

Paris (AFP) Jan 5, 2009 - French nuclear energy group Areva said on Monday it had been awarded a licence to operate a uranium mine in Nigerm which it described as the biggest in Africa and the second biggest in the world.

Jan 5, 2009

Japan, South Africa diplomats in running for IAEA top job

Vienna (AFP) Jan 2, 2009 - Japan and South Africa's ambassadors to the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA are the two candidates to replace Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei when his term expires in November, the agency announced Friday.

Jan 2, 2009

French nuclear group Areva seeks US license for uranium plant

New York (AFP) Jan 2, 2009 - French nuclear services group Areva announced this week that it has applied for US government approval to build a two billion dollar uranium enrichment plant in the northwestern state of Idaho.

Jan 2, 2009

Slovakia closes nuclear reactor unit to comply with EU rules

Bratislava (AFP) Dec 31, 2008 - Slovakia on Wednesday shut down the last unit of Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant, meeting a commitment it made to Brussels that paved the way for its 2004 entry in European Union.

Dec 31, 2008

Japan to reimport nuclear fuel from France: source

Tokyo (AFP) Dec 29, 2008 - Japan plans to start buying back reprocessed nuclear waste from France as early as April as the resource-poor country looks to start using the fuel for the first time, a French company source said Monday.

Dec 29, 2008